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Preferred term

aseAmerican Sign Language  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • American Sign Language, or ASL, is a complex form of manual communication in which hands, limbs, head, facial expression and body language are used to communicate a visual-spatial language without sound. ASL is not related to spoken English, and features an entirely different grammar and vocabulary: linguistically it is a complete, natural and fully realized language in its own right.

ISO 639-3 code

  • ase

Notation

  • ase

In other languages

  • Langue des signes américaine

    French

  • American Sign Language

    German

  • Portuguese

  • Lengua de signos americana

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ase

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